Cloudy & cool. Stormy & sprinkling. Got up as usually. Business was rotten. Did not receive later news from home. War brings accidenc. The U.S.S. Merrimack has been blown up in Santiago Harbor. No news about the killed or wounded. 8 Americans are made prisoners. I feel lonesom alone. Hope Martha will be back as promised, monday afternoon.
The writings of two historical figures who never knew the internet